07-19.09.1979 German Tour
Cancelled - Announcement from German Rocky Magazine
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18.09.1979 Veteran's Memorial Coliseum, New Haven CT, USA
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headliner: Blue Öyster Cult
19.09.1979 Civic Center, Glens Falls NY, USA
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headliner: Blue Öyster Cult
20.09.1979 War Memorial Auditorium, Rochester NY, USA
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headliner: Blue Öyster Cult
21.09.1979 Cobo Hall, Detroit MI, USA
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headliner: Blue Öyster Cult
22.09.1979 Civic Center, Lansing MI, USA
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headliner: Blue Öyster Cult
23.09.1979 Lakeview Arena, Marquette MI, USA
headliner: Blue Öyster Cult - It seems Rainbow was cancelled this night
26.09.1979 Broome County Veterans' Memorial Arena, Binghamton NY, USA
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headliner: Blue Öyster Cult
27.09.1979 Erie County Field House, Erie PA, USA
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headliner: Blue Öyster Cult
28.09.1979 Memorial Auditorium, Utica NY, USA
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headliner: Blue Öyster Cult
29.09.1979 Spectrum, Philadelphia PA, USA
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headliner: Blue Öyster Cult
30.09.1979 Civic Center, Baltimore MA, USA
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headliner: Blue Öyster Cult
02.10.1979 Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Columbus OH, USA
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headliner: Blue Öyster Cult
03.10.1979 Wendler Arena - Civic Center, Saginaw MI, USA
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headliner: Blue Öyster Cult
04.10.1979 War Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo NY, USA
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headliner: Blue Öyster Cult
05.10.1979 Civic Arena, Pittsburgh PA, USA
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headliner: Blue Öyster Cult
06.10.1979 Hara Arena, Dayton OH, USA
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headliner: Blue Öyster Cult
07.10.1979 Richfield Coliseum, Cleveland OH, USA
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headliner: Blue Öyster Cult - story said this show was abandoned due to crowd trouble
in reality Blackmore and Airey had a fight on stage
09.10.1979 Evansville Coliseum, Evansville IN, USA
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headliner: Blue Öyster Cult - unconfirmed
10.10.1979 Dane County Memorial Coliseum, Madison WI, USA
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headliner: Blue Öyster Cult
11.10.1979 Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena, Green Bay WI, USA
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headliner: Blue Öyster Cult - Rainbow didn't play, instead Sweetbottom played
12.10.1979 International Amphitheatre, Chicago IL, USA
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headliner: Blue Öyster Cult - recorded by radio station
It's not sure if Rainbow did any dates after October 12th together with Blue Öyster Cult
13.10.1979 Civic Auditorium, Omaha NE, USA
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headliner: Blue Öyster Cult - Rainbow didn't play - Someone in the band got ill
14.10.1979 Hammons Center, Springfield MO, USA
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headliner: Blue Öyster Cult - Rainbow didn't play - Someone in the band got ill
16.10.1979 Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo MI, USA
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headliner: Blue Öyster Cult - unconfirmed
It's not sure if Rainbow did any dates after October 12th together with Blue Öyster Cult
18.10.1979 Market Square Arena, Indianapolis IN, USA
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headliner: Blue Öyster Cult - Rainbow didn't play - The Hounds were a last minute replacement.
20.10.1979 Freedom Hall Civic Centre, Johnson City TN, USA
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headliner: Blue Öyster Cult - some sources claim this was October 19
Rainbow cancelled and replaced by Robert Palmer
21.10.1979 Civic Center, Huntington WV, USA
headliner: Blue Öyster Cult - unconfirmed
It's not sure if Rainbow did any dates after October 12th together with Blue Öyster Cult
24.10.1979 The Armory, Springfield IL, USA
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headliner: Blue Öyster Cult - unconfirmed
It's not sure if Rainbow did any dates after October 12th together with Blue Öyster Cult
25.10.1979 Pauley Pavilion UCLA, Los Angeles CA, USA
support/headliner: unknown - unconfirmed
It's not sure if Rainbow did any dates after October 12th together with Blue Öyster Cult
26.10.1979 Met Center, Minneapolis MN, USA
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headliner: Blue Öyster Cult - possible support acts: Rocket, Black Oak Arkansas [unconfirmed]
final date of this tour but Rainbow didn't play - a report says "instead the
Machine Head album was played through the PA in its entirety, before BÖC came on"
European tour dates were cancelled in order to continue the assault on North America
05.11.1979 Stadthalle, Offenbach, Germany cancelled
06.11.1979 Niedersachsenhalle, Hannover, Germany cancelled
07.11.1979 Münsterlandhalle, Münster, Germany cancelled
08.11.1979 Forest National, Brussels, Belgium cancelled
09.11.1979 Sportpaleis Ahoy, Rotterdam, The Netherlands cancelled
11.11.1979 Sporthalle, Cologne, Germany cancelled
16.11.1979 Eppelheim Rhein-Neckarhalle, Heidelberg, Germany cancelled
17.11.1979 Neunkirchen Hemmerleinhalle, Nürnberg, Germany cancelled
18.11.1979 Gruga-Halle, Essen, Germany cancelled
19.11.1979 Stadthalle, Bremen, Germany cancelled
20.11.1979 Circus Krone, Munich, Germany cancelled
22.11.1979 Oberschwabenhalle, Ravensburg, Germany cancelled
UK dates had been planned for December
The band were then reported instead to be playing twenty shows in the USA as headliners
06.11.1979 Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz CA, USA
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support act: Tom Johnston
07.11.1979 Auditorium Arena, Oakland CA, USA
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support act: John Cougar and The Zone, Randy Hansen's Machine Gun
09.11.1979 Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino CA, USA
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support acts: John Cougar and The Zone, Randy Hansen's Machine Gun
After the Oakland show reports said Blackmore insisted Hansen would play after Rainbow
10.11.1979 Fox Theater, San Diego CA, USA
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support act: John Cougar and The Zone - venue: now known as the Copley Symphony Hall
11.11.1979 Long Beach Arena, Los Angeles CA, USA
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support acts: John Cougar and The Zone, Randy Hansen's Machine Gun
After the Oakland show reports said Blackmore insisted Hansen would play after Rainbow
13.11.1979 Warnors Theatre, Fresno CA, USA
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support act: John Cougar and The Zone
15.11.1979 Terrace Ballroom, Salt Lake City UT, USA
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support act: John Cougar and The Zone
16.11.1979 Rainbow Music Hall, Denver CO, USA
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support act: John Cougar and The Zone - recorded for radio
??.11.1979 Sports Arena, Toledo OH, USA
support act: John Cougar and The Zone
19.11.1979 Music Theatre, Royal Oak MI, USA
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support act: Paul Pope Band - could be cancelled
20.11.1979 Music Theatre, Royal Oak MI, USA
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support act: Paul Pope Band - cancelled - rescheduled to December 11
21.11.1979 Music Theatre, Royal Oak MI, USA
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support act: Scorpions - cancelled - rescheduled to December 12
??.11.1979 Cobo Hall, Detroit MI, USA
according to the Michigan concert database Rainbow only did 2 shows in Royal Oak Music Hall
23.11.1979 Beacon Theater, New York City NY, USA
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support act: The A's
26.11.1979 Catholic Youth Center, Scranton PA, USA
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support act: Scorpions
27.11.1979 War Memorial Auditorium, Worcester MA, USA
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support act: Scorpions
30.11.1979 Calderone Concert Hall, Hempstead Long Island NY, USA
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support act: Scorpions - recorded for radio
01.12.1979 Capitol Theater, Passaic NJ, USA
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support act: Scorpions
02.12.1979 Agricultural Hall, Allentown PA, USA
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support act: Scorpions
04.12.1979 Stanley Theater, Pittsburgh PA, USA
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support act: Gamma - postponed till December 13
rescheduled after a cancellation twenty minutes prior to the doors opened
05.12.1979 Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland ME, USA
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support act: unknown
06.12.1979 Manning Bowl, Lynn MA, USA
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support act: unknown - venue could have been Main Act Concert Club
07.12.1979 Ocean State Performing Arts Centre, Providence RI, USA
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support act: Scorpions
08.12.1979 Landmark Theatre, Syracuse NY, USA
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support act: Gamma
09.12.1979 Palace Theater, Albany NY, USA
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support act: Scorpions
11.12.1979 Music Theatre, Royal Oak MI, USA
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support act: Cub Koda, Cadillac Kidz - rescheduled from November 20
12.12.1979 Music Theatre, Royal Oak MI, USA
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support act: Cub Koda, Cadillac Kidz - rescheduled from November 21
13.12.1979 Stanley Theater, Pittsburgh PA, USA
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support act: Gamma - rescheduled from December 4
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